Hasp



Oct. 30 1923.

G. A. CARLSON HAS? Filed May 27. 1922 r/l//l/l 'll//l/ l` wall/1710.lll/11.111111111111111 vll/1111111*l Patented Get. 30, 1923.

GUSTAV A. CARLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 T HE BOYE-NEEDLECOM- y PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

AV CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BASI.

Application filed May 27,

To czZZ whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv A. CARLSON, a citizen 0f the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hasps, of which the followingis a specification.

his invention relates particularly to hasps for use in connection withbarn doors or the like.

The primary object is to provide a thoroughly durable and secure deviceof this character of exceedingly simple construction which can bemanufactured very cheaply. A further object is to provide such a haspwhich is reversible, so that rights and lefts are not required.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l represents a broken perspectiveview of a door and door-frame equipped with the improved hasp; Fig. 2, abroken sectional view showing the door in closedV position, the sectionbeing taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. l;V Fig. 3, a broken verticalsectional view taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, abroken edge elevational view of the door-frame, showing the keeper inelevation.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a door; A a door-frame orpost; B, a keeper secured to the member A; and C, a latch device securedto the door and coacting with the keeper B.

The keeper B comprises a small sheetmetal plate having a base portion 1provided with screw-receiving perforations and having projecting fromthe base portion and substantially at right angles thereto a padlockloop la. The keeper is formed by punching and shearing the metalsuitably and bending the loop which is thus provided so that it willproject outwardly from the base portion. The loop has the opening 2 forreceiving the padlock. The loop also has a rounded outer edge lb onwhich the latch member is adapted to ride when the door is swung to theclosedv position. At the base of the upper member of the loop is a notchor latching recess 1 which is formed by suitably notching the upper edgeportion 0f the loop of the keeper, prior to the bending operation.

The punching and stamping operation is 1922. Serial No. 564,027.

so performed that the base is provided with a central projecting ear ldwhose base portion is disposed between the base portions of the membersof the loop. v

The latch device C comprises a mounting plate 3 and a latch-plate 4which is pivotally connected therewith by means of a rivet 5. Themounting plate 3 is provided with perforations which receive screws 6,by

i means of which the mounting plate is securely fastened to the door.The keeper B is secured to the door jamb or frame by means of screws 7,one of which passes through the central ear ld and the others of whichpass through end portions of the main part 0f the base which is disposedonl the opposite side of the loop.

In mounting the latch device the mounting-plate 3 preferably projectsslightly beyond the Vfree edge of the door, as shown `in Fig. l. At theprojecting end of the plate 3, a small outturned central lug 8 isprovided. This lug works in a vertical slot 9 with which the latch-plate4 is provided, so Athat the latch-plate will be supported in thepositionshown in Fig. l, but will be free to rise when the latch rides.over the keeper.

The latch-plate 4 is further provided with a projecting end portion 4awhich has therein a vertical slot 10 which is adapted to embrace theloop 1a of the keeper. When the door is swung to the closedposition, theupper end wall of the slot 10 rides on the curved outer edge of the loopl and drops into the notch lc. When the door is in the closed position,with the slot l() receiving the loop of the keeper, a padlock may beinserted through the loop.

The mounting-plate 3 is secured to the door before the latchsplate isswung to a position substantially parallel with the mounting-plate. Thelock 8 projects only a small distance from the outer surface of themounting-plate, so that the latch-plate 4 may be forced over the lock,the latchplate springing sufficiently to permit this to be accomplished.The lock 8 will then' serve as a stop, limiting the downward swing ofthe latch-plate with relation to the mounting-plate.

The latch-plate 4 is equipped with a nger piece or handle l1, the stem1lEL of which extends freely through a slot l2 in the mounting-plate 3and through a perforation in the door. Thus, the latch may be liftedfrom either side of the door. The stein portion of the finger piece llis driven tightly into a perforation or small slot With which thelatchplate 4 'is provided.

The improved device, by reason of the fact that it is formed fromsheet-metal, the members lying for the most part in a single plane, canbe cheaply manufactured, readily assembled, and shipped in very compactforni. It Will be understood that the linger piece may be driven throughthe latch-plate d after the latch device has been applied to the door.The screws 6 ofthe mountingplate are covered by the latch-plate; and thescrews 7 of the keeper are also covered by the projecting end of thelatch-plate, so that vwhen the latch-plate is locked to the loop of thekeeper by means of a padlock, the ydoor is securely fastened and thescrews can not be removed.

The latch device may be used at either vertical edge of the door andthesame is true of the keeper. If, for any reason, it is desired to use thedevice in such manner that it Will not latch, the keeper may be reversedand the rounded lower outer edge of the keeper will then afford asurface on which the upper Wall of the slot 10 can ride When'the door isclosed, but the door Will not be latched. This is sometimes desirableWhere a spring is employed for closing the door and the door is to beopened frequently.

The improved construction is simple,I can be manufactured very cheaply,and is thor` oughly effective for its purpose.

What I regard as new, and desire to se` sure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the character set forth, comprising a sheet-metal keeperpunched, sheared, and bent and affording a base portion provided with aprojecting central screw-receiving ear and a padlock loop projecting atright angles to the base portion, the base portions of said loopflanking the base portion of said ear and the upper edge of said loopbeing provided with a. recess; and a pivotally mounted latch-engagingmember having its free end portion provided with a transverse slotadapted to receive said'padlock loop, the end Wall of said slot servingto latchingly engage the recess of said keeper.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising'a sheet-metal keeperpunched, sheared and bent and affording an attaching base provided Witha central projecting ear and a padlock loop Whose base-portions iianksaid ear, said loop having its upper edge provided at its base portionwith a latch-engaging recess; and a coacting latch device comprising amounting-plate, a latchplate pivotally connected With saidmounting-plate and having a projecting end portion provided with atransverse slot Whose upper end wall is adapted to yride on the loop ofsaid keeper and latchingly engage the recess at the base of said keeper,and a finger piece secured to said latch-plate and eitendingfreelythrough an opening in said mounting-plate.

i' GUSTAV A. CARLSON.

